Head coach Laurent Blanc has asked Zlatan Ibrahimovic to 'keep on scoring' after the Swedish striker brought up a century of goals for Paris St Germain on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old, who joined PSG from AC Milan in 2012, scored his 100th goal for the capital club and went on to add two more, notching a hat-trick in a 4-1 Coupe de France victory over St Etienne.
Ibrahimovic's exploits - supported by a late header from Ezequiel Lavezzi - mean the Ligue 1 leaders are well-placed to complete a domestic treble after booking a cup final meeting with Auxerre just days before they tackle Bastia in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue.
While his in-form team are producing goals from all quarters, Blanc knows Ibrahimovic's contribution will be particularly vital over the run-in, with the small matter of a two-legged Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona also on a busy schedule.
He told psg.fr: "Zlatan? He's an unbelievable player and will keep scoring goals."
Referring to the fixture pile-up, the World Cup-winning defender added: "We are playing every three or four days. We need to recover well.
"Tonight the players produced an excellent match, technically very good. The players enjoyed themselves and we could see that in the second half.
"When you keep winning, the recovery is easier and quicker, so I hope we keep winning."
Goalkeeper Nicolas Douchez felt the Coupe de France semi-final worked as an excellent warm-up for Saturday's showdown with Bastia at the Stade de France.
He said: "The best way to prepare for the final of the Coupe de la Ligue against Bastia was to qualify for another final. We did it.
"Three days after our excellent victory over Marseille (3-2) we got straight back into action and qualified here. We started well, and then had a less good period after they equalised.
"But in the end, we imposed our rhythm and scored four goals against a very good St Etienne side."
Source: PA-WIRE
